Skip Key; Tab Key - IBM 3270 Operator's Manual

The purpose and operation of the SKIP key are identical with
those of the Tab key. Both keys have typamatic capability that
allows you to move the cursor quickly from field to field. This
duplication of function i$ provided for operator convenience.
The Tab key is on the left side of the keyboard and the SKI P key
is nearer the right side.
Pressing the SKIP or the Tab key moves the cursor to the right to
the first character location of the next unprotected data field.
For example, in Figure 3 (page 9), the cursor is located in the
field entitled "ADDRESS". The operator has just finished keying
Red Road, Arvada, Colorado and could now press the Tab key to
move the cursor quickly to the next field,
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Date", to begin
keying in that information. In the examples in Figure 22,
pressing the Tab key when the cursor is located at A moves the
cursor to B.
Figure 22. The SKIP or the Tab key moves the cursor to the next input field.
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